Creature Feature

[kaijuu]

It looks like a dog that had all of its hair removed.

I was going to say the same ... one must be critic with these things , I was hearing today on the radio how it was found another hominid, and the scientis sayd things like "it will help us to understand the point in which the hominids gave the first steps on ground, came out from the threes to walk on earth" ... 

[Barry]

It looks like a dog that had all of its hair removed.

I was going to say the same ... one must be critic with these things , I was hearing today on the radio how it was found another hominid, and the scientis sayd things like "it will help us to understand the point in which the hominids gave the first steps on ground, came out from the threes to walk on earth" ... 

I agree, Kaijuu.  Soon, there will be whole documentaries about how this 'hominid' gave up knuckle-dragging and tree-swinging for a more upright and civilized life. 

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Police believed Nessie existence was 'beyond doubt'

A police chief believed the existence of a Loch Ness monster was "beyond doubt", according to a historical document.

In 1938, the chief constable of Inverness-shire raised concerns about protecting Nessie from hunters.

In a letter he wrote: "That there is some strange creature in Loch Ness now seems beyond doubt."

The document has been released by the National Archives of Scotland (NAS) as part of an exhibition.

The government file reflects how ministers handled the issue of the existence of Nessie.

Reports of a monster in Loch Ness date back to 565 AD, when St Columba was said to have encountered a strange water beast.

But alleged sightings gathered pace in the 1930s, with a series of grainy photographs of the "monster" appearing in newspapers.

In 1933, the Scottish Office was asked to confirm the existence of a monster or sea serpent in Loch Ness.

A parliamentary question was tabled in the House of Commons asking whether, in the interests of science, an investigation would be launched into the creature's existence, but the question was ridiculed by the press at the time.

Ministers and civil servants were sceptical, but the documents show consideration was given to issues such as stationing observers round the loch to capture Nessie on camera and whether it would be possible to trap the monster without injury.

In the end it was felt that as the creature was popular with the public, it would be better not to kill either it or the myth.

However, this did not stop hunters from flocking to Loch Ness in the hope of capturing the monster.

Police protection

The letter from William Fraser, the chief constable of Inverness-shire, to the Under Secretary of State at the Scottish Office, raises concern about the arrival of a hunting expedition in Fort Augustus in 1938.

It says they are "determined to catch the monster dead or alive".

The document goes on to describe how the party claimed they were having a special harpoon gun made and would return with 20 "experienced men" to track the monster down.

"That there is some strange creature in Loch Ness seems now beyond doubt, but that the police have any power to protect it is very doubtful," the letter concludes.

"If you have any suggestion to make or can offer any guidance in the matter, I shall be grateful."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8643817.stm

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Search on for corpse of mystery beast

Fishermen have been frantically dragging a lake in Canada where the corpse of a bizarre looking animal was discovered.

But days of search party expeditions in Kitchenuhmaykoosib, northern Ontario, have so far proved fruitless with local residents failing to unearth the body of the mystery creature.

A website for the town has posted a link to pictures of fishermen searching for the white-eyed creature, dubbed a lake gargoyle in some media reports, using boats. Other photos show locals combing the shoreline for clues.

PHOTOS: Baffling mystery creature

The strange animal has generated worldwide interest after local authorities last week released a series of photos taken by two nurses who found it.

Bearing matted fur, a rat-like tail and a feline face, the animal was variously speculated to be anything from a bear to a mixed breed of an otter and a beaver.

But the mystery is likely to remain unsolved unless the corpse can be found.

The two nurses found the creature in early May said they left it on the rocky shoreline where they first saw it, the Globe and Mail news website reports.

Not being local to the area, the pair assumed the creature was a regional animal they weren't familiar with.

Once they realised the importance of their discovery, they returned to scene only to find the corpse had disappeared.

"Whether it was eaten by dogs or it was washed away because this was on the shore, or it was eaten by seagulls, I don't know," local councillor Darryl Sainnawap told the website.

"All we know is it’s not there anymore and what’s left of it are the pictures."

The creature is known in the town as the "ugly one" and, according to the website, community elders have seen similar creatures before.

Elders have described the discovery of an ugly one as a "bad omen".

It seems the town, which has a population of 1200, is no stranger to sightings of mythical beasts, with several local residents also claiming to have spotted their own Loch Ness Monster.

"Several community members have seen a huge water snake in the deep waters of Kitchenuhmay koosib. They have seen it even around the bay of the community,"a post on the town website reads.

"In the 40's and 50's, community members used to see Mermaids sitting on rock islands or popping out of the waters," it added.

The discovery has drawn comparisons with photographs taken of another mystery creature — the so-called "Montauk Monster" — which supposedly washed up in New York in 2008.

The photos received widespread media attention but the carcass was never found, prompting speculation the discovery was a hoax.

http://news.ninemsn.com.a...r-corpse-of-mystery-beast

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Kind of  strange  they  didint  take  a  Full  Body  picture,    That  what  most  people  do?

[Pete]

That looks remarkably like the strange creature found on the coast of NY or NJ last Summer.  No time to hunt up the pics now, but recall us discussing military black science works and an island akin to Dr. Morrow (Sp?).

Check me on this, but more and more weird stuff turning up that is IMO evidence of an advanced chimera/transgenic scientific base of knowledge/development....

Peace,

Pete

[ServantStrike]

That looks remarkably like the strange creature found on the coast of NY or NJ last Summer.  No time to hunt up the pics now, but recall us discussing military black science works and an island akin to Dr. Morrow (Sp?).

Check me on this, but more and more weird stuff turning up that is IMO evidence of an advanced chimera/transgenic scientific base of knowledge/development....

Peace,

Pete

Agreed. Genetic research is most likely done in secret at a potentially alarming rate. Experiments always start with animals and progress to humans, too. Human genetic modification is too sweet a potential honey pot for (take your pick of organization/affiliation) not to want to pursue it. Ethics and laws will fall by the wayside.

Is this the thing from Jersey?
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That thing looks completely unnatural and I have absolutely NO idea what it could be (or what it could be related to). This thing in Canada makes me feel special as for once I think I might be able to identify what the animal in the picture is  .

It looks like those are the remains of a very unfortunate (and incredibly ugly), otter. The (missing) whiskers, the elongated body at the website, and the hands and feet look distinctly otter like (and the ears are a dead giveaway). The head shot shows the weird part though. No hair, but the rest of the body has hair, which suggests that whatever caused the lack of hair is probably not natural. I'm trying not to think of who would remove the hair from a perfectly healthy otter and NOT eat it. Torturing animals is pretty sick (and IMO so is killing them without eating them), and I can't see that happening naturally as the rest of the animal still had hair on it.

Normal otter:


Nasty grotesque otter:
Err yeah, go to the link... I can't pull off a picture.. but the slideshow shows a body shot.
 

[Whrose]

  Savant!

I think Pete was referring to this post, about the "Montauk Monster"?
http://www.worldofprophec...uk+creature.html#msg59739

what do you think about that one?

[Whrose]

Here is the skull of the otter.

The teeth are also a ringer!

[ServantStrike]

Savant!

I think Pete was referring to this post, about the "Montauk Monster"?
http://www.worldofprophec...uk+creature.html#msg59739

what do you think about that one?

Yeah... that thing is just plain freaky. NO idea, but I'm not sure I want to meet one in the wild. From what I've read some people think it's a hoax, but they haven't provided adequate proof that it is in fact a hoax. The most important thing when dealing with a hoax... is to prove it's a hoax  .

The other important thing to remember is that many of the animals that people get reamed for claiming to see end up being real animals. For a long time people didn't believe giant squid existed, yet they do! However, the likelihood that this is the case in New Jersey is not very high. It's a fairly populated state, and I don't see something this ugly evading capture for so long.

I vote that thing is real and either one of two things:
1. Some hideous animal unknown to current zoologists
2. Some hideous genetic experiment

I vote #2 

As for the otter, the odds of successful identification in this thread still aren't that great  .

Anyone care to speculate as to the reason the otter had no hair? I'm thinking it might be that a sleepy town in Canada wanted to attract some tourists  .

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Anyone care to speculate as to the reason the otter had no hair? I'm thinking it might be that a sleepy town in Canada wanted to attract some tourists  .

Having no hair could be a genetic defect. We used to breed lots and lots of budgies, 100's. Once one was born with no feathers, only bits of fluff, you could see its skin, it was like it was naked. It grew up and was a friendly bird, it couldnt fly ofcourse but it got around by climbing etc.

But regarding this creature here, I'm not sure its an otto.

[Whrose]

Difficult to say what it is with certainty without forensic exam.

but the story is definitely fishy!

Fishermen have been frantically dragging a lake in Canada where the corpse of a bizarre looking animal was discovered.

The remains do not look like it drowned and it is real strange the nose is pink...certainly not the color of decay.

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Difficult to say what it is with certainty without forensic exam.

but the story is definitely fishy!

Fishermen have been frantically dragging a lake in Canada where the corpse of a bizarre looking animal was discovered.

The remains do not look like it drowned and it is real strange the nose is pink...certainly not the color of decay.

This article explains it better, the body was washed back out, so the fishermen were trying to find it again. 

Strange creature with warthog's mouth found in Canada

A strange creature has washed up on the shore of Hudson Bay in Canada with a mouth like that of a warthog, according to local reports.

Photographs have been posted online appearing to show a foot-long creature with a large head, a mouth like a warthog and a rat-like tail.

It was found, reported the Toronto Sun, by a pair of dog walker near the small community of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug.

The dog pulled it from a creek on the bay, according to the paper.

Darryl Sainnawap, a local councillor, said he thought it was a rare animal which was found very sporadically.

He said a relative had found one in the 1950s.

"It's very rare. It lives in creeks and swampy areas and is said to feed on beavers," he told the paper.

"My great-uncle was told by his grandfather that a sighting of the omagimaakos is an omen that bad things will happen,” Sainnawap said.

“So we'll have to see about that."

Scientists wishing to authenticate the find will be disappointed to hear that the body of the creature has since been washed away.

http://www.telegraph.co.u...outh-found-in-Canada.html

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The new Nessie? Mystery 'sea creature' spotted off British coast

Cynics may dismiss it as just a piece of driftwood or a trick of the light.

But a photograph showing what appears to be a long-necked sea creature has got marine experts scratching their heads.

The 'animal' was snapped stalking a shoal of fish just 30 yards off the British coast



The fish were apparently so terrified they beached themselves just seconds later.

The creature was spotted off the Devon coast at Saltern Cove, Paignton, by locals who reported a sighting of what they thought was a turtle. 

But pictures taken by one of the baffled witnesses, Gill Pearce, reveal the neck of the greenish-brown beast with the reptile-like head is far too long for it to be a turtle.

Mrs Pearce, who took the photo on July 27, reported her sighting to the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) where it was studied by sea life experts.

Claire Fischer from the MCS said: 'Gill Pearce spotted the creature about 20 metres from the bay at Saltern Cove, near Goodrington.

'It was observed at about 15.30 on 27 July but by the time she had got her camera it had moved further out.

'She spotted it following a shoal of fish which beached themselves in Saltern Cove.

'The creature remained in the sea, then went out again and followed the shoal - this indicates it's not a turtle as they only eat jellyfish. 

'We would love to know if other people have seen anything like this in the same area and can help clear up the mystery.'



Some people think the sea sighting could be linked to that of a sperm whale sighted off south Devon recently but Miss Fischer dismissed that explanation.

'They [sperm whales] wouldn't come that close inshore and the reptilian-like head counts that out - at least that's what the experts are saying.'

The sighting has caused a stir on the MCS website too, where theories range from sea serpent to salt water crocodile.

An MCS spokesman said: 'It was reported as a turtle as it had large front flippers and small back flippers and what appeared to be a shell but was also said to have a small head on a thin neck about two-feet long which craned above the surface like a Plesiosaur.

'No sea turtles do that with their heads and we do not know of similarly described freshwater turtles that grow so big.

'It's described as being as long as a sea lion with a long neck which floated at the same height in the water all the time.

'This is not a fake. The problem is the distance and clarity from which the photos were taken.

'The lady thought it may have been a turtle - but turtles don't chase fish.

'So at the moment it is "unidentified" - the person who reported it has trawled the internet and says the closest ID fit is a giant green sea turtle - but the description of the head doesn't add up.'

The organisation is now asking for people to keep a keen watch on the seas off South Devon and have appealed for more photos to be taken.

A spokesman said: 'If you live or are visiting down near Saltern Cove Goodrington, near Paignton please keep your eyes on the sea and let us know if you see anything - and keep your camera by your side just in case.'

http://www.dailymail.co.u...potted-British-coast.html

[Whrose]

humph.....looks like another big log to me 

[ServantStrike]

humph.....looks like another big log to me 

Or a floating piece of garbage??

Nah, it's a log. Why are the pics of these "creatures" always so blurry anyways? And did anyone verify that nearby fish beached themselves?

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